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Juhannushalko (Midsummer Log)

Name: Juhannushalko (Midsummer Log)
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 1.5 dl sugar; 1 dl wheat flour; 1 dl potato starch; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tub strawberries 250 g; 1.5 dl strawberry-rhubarb jam; 1.5 dl strawberry jam; 1 tub lactose-free quark (maitorahka) 250 g; 1 carton lactose-free whipping cream 2 dl; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp vanilla sugar; 1 carton lactose-free whipping cream 2 dl; 1 tbsp licorice sauce squeeze tube; lemon balm

The Midsummer log looks like a birch, but hides sweet strawberries and fluffy quark inside. You can create the log-like stripes with licorice sauce. Definitely worth a try!

Smarrig Kitchen1y

Machine-translated, original language: Suomi.

Cook 1 h 15 minTotal 1 h 15 minInspired by k-ruoka.fi

Method

1
Whip the eggs and sugar into a fluffy foam. The foam is ready when a pattern drawn with the mixer remains on the surface. Gently fold in the pre-mixed dry ingredients, do not beat.
2
Grease a sheet of parchment paper and spread the batter onto the paper on a baking sheet.
3
Bake in a 225-degree oven on the middle rack for about 6 minutes. Invert the cake sheet onto a sugared sheet of parchment paper. Carefully peel off the baking paper and leave the cake sheet to cool.
4
Hull and dice the strawberries. Spread the jam onto the cake sheet.
5
Whip the whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Mix in the quark and sugars. Spread the cream-quark mixture onto the cake. Sprinkle the strawberries on top. Roll up tightly using the parchment paper. Transfer to the refrigerator, using a cutting board for help, to set for at least a couple of hours or overnight.
6
Whip the whipping cream for the frosting. Spread it over the Swiss roll. Drizzle licorice sauce on top and, if desired, draw more patterns with a toothpick. Decorate with lemon balm. Keep in the refrigerator until serving.